Quick Pickled Red Onions bring a tangy pop of flavor and bright color to any sandwich, bowl, or salad to turn them into classy bistro fare.
Ingredients
1½TeaspoonsPickling Spice
3Large Red OnionsPeeled and Thinly Sliced
1 ½CupsWhite Vinegar
½CupWater
¼CupWhite Granulated Sugar
1½TeaspoonsSalt
Instructions
Prepare the jars. Wash 3 half-pint jars (1 cup each) well with hot sudsy water, rinse, and fill each jar with boiling water. Discard the water.
Combine in the jar. Add ½ teaspoon of pickling spice to each half-pint jar. Pack the thinly sliced red onions into the 3 jars.
1½ Teaspoons Pickling Spice, 3 Large Red Onions
Make the pickling solution. In a medium saucepan bring to a boil over medium-high heat the vinegar, water, sugar, and salt. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
1 ½ Cups White Vinegar, ½ Cup Water, ¼ Cup White Granulated Sugar, 1½ Teaspoons Salt
Pickle. Pour the hot pickling liquid over the onions in the jars. Screw on the lid and shake each jar. Let the onions pickle for 30 minutes.
Serve. Serve and enjoy immediately or refrigerate the jars of pickled onions for up to three weeks.
Notes
My Top Tips♡CLEAN. Make sure that all of your equipment and especially the jars and lids are clean. Rinse the jars and soak the lids in boiling water.♡ Be creative and have fun. Try adding your own twist to these pickles. Add sliced peppers or chiles.Substitutions& VariationsSubstitute Apple Cider Vinegar. Some people prefer the slightly sweeter flavor of apple cider vinegar for their pickles. You can substitute apple cider for white vinegar 1 for 1 as long as it also has a 5% acidity.Substitute Cloves. Instead of pickling spice you can use whole cloves. You only need 3 to 5 whole cloves for each jar.Substitute Whole Allspice. If you don't have pickling spice or whole cloves you can add whole allspice to each jar. This spice gives a very nice flavor all by itself to the pickles. It gets its name from tasting and smelling like all of the sweet baking spices together in one spice.Add a Bay Leaf. For a stronger savory, pickled flavor, you can add a small whole bay leaf to each jar.EquipmentA mandoline slicer is very handy for making uniform thin slices. I cut peeled onions in halves or quarters and then slice them on the mandoline using the guard.If you don't have a mandoline slicer you can still slice the onions with a sharp knife.Make-Ahead & StorageThese pickles can be made and served within 45 minutes and stored in a jar with a lid in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.